nicola sturgeon press conference may 28th; scotland: edinburgh: st andrew's house: int nicola sturgeon msp along and opening statement sot part 1 of... - number 9 video stock e b–roll
{"Image ImageDescription": "Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon press conference May 28th; SCOTLAND: Edinburgh: St Andrew's House:                                          \r\nINT\r\nNicola Sturgeon MSP (First Minister of Scotland) along and opening statement SOT part 1 of 5.\r\n\r\n- Good afternoon. Thank you very much for joining us.\r\n\r\nToday, as you are probably anticipating, I will confirm some careful and cautious changes to the current lockdown regulations.\r\n\r\nI will set out what those changes are in a moment ? but I want to begin with a simple but really important point.\r\n\r\nThe only reason we can make any changes today is that we have made progress in suppressing this virus. And that is entirely down to the sacrifices that all of you have made.\r\n\r\nSo more than ever today, I want to say thank you to each and every single one of you.\r\n\r\nI?ll come to the changes themselves in a moment - and because there?s a lot to cover today, my update will be a bit longer than normal - but first of course I will provide the usual statistical update.\r\n\r\nAs at 9 o?clock this morning, there have been 15,288 positive cases confirmed ? that is an increase of 48 since yesterday.\r\n\r\nA total of 1,238 patients are in hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. That represents a decrease of nine overall from yesterday, including a decrease of 13 in the number of confirmed cases.\r\n\r\nA total of 37 people last night were in intensive care with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. That is a decrease of 1 since yesterday.\r\n\r\nI am also able to confirm today that since 5 March, a total of 3,635 patients who had tested positive for the virus have now been able to leave hospital.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately though, in the last 24 hours, 12 deaths have been registered of patients who had been confirmed through a test as having the virus, and that takes the total number of deaths in Scotland, under that measurement, to 2,316.\r\n\r\nNow I feel very strongly, as I?m sure you do, particularly today as we start to take the first steps out of lockdown, th...", "Image Copyright": "ITN POOL"}